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Arnold Earns League Co-Player of the Week RecognitionSophomore scored three times, including Saturday's overtime winner, in weekend sweep

Oct. 24, 2011

Boston College sophomore Bill Arnold has earned Hockey East Association Co-Player of the Week honors after scoring three times in consecutive victories over Massachusetts (Oct. 21) and Northeastern (Oct. 22) over the weekend.

A 6-foot, 210-pound forward, Arnold scored twice - the first multiple-goal performance of his career - in a 4-2 home win over the Minutemen then notched the overtime game-winning goal in the team's 4-3 come-from-behind victory over the Huskies in Matthews Arena the next night. The Needham, Mass., native, redirected a Patch Alber shot on goal past Northeastern goaltender Chris Rawlings with one minute remaining in the five-minute sudden-victory period to lift top-ranked BC to the league victory.

Arnold shared the honor with Vermont's Sebastian Stålberg who scored twice in the Catamounts 5-4 win at Minnesota on Sunday, Oct. 23.

Through the team's first six games of 2011-12, Arnold leads Boston College in points (10), goals (five), assists (five), game-winning goals (two) and shot percentage (33.3 percent). He ranks second on the team in the plus-minus category (+7).

In additional news on Monday, BC (5-1-0, 3-0-0 Hockey East) retained the nation's No. 1 national ranking in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine weekly poll and improved one position - from No. 2 to No. 1 - in the USCHO.com poll. Both polls were announced on Monday.

Next, Boston College will face UMass-Lowell in a home-and-home weekend series next week. The Eagles travel to Lowell, Mass. to face the River Hawks on Friday, Oct. 28. The teams will conclude the weekend series in Chestnut Hill, Mass. on Saturday, Oct. 29. Faceoff for both games is 7 p.m.